Prevalence of Tinea capitis in school going children from Mathare, informal settlement in Nairobi, Kenya

Moto, Jedidah Ndunge; Maingi, John M.; Nyamache, Anthony Kebira

doi:10.1186/s13104-015-1240-7

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“…Tinea capitis is a common health problem in children, including young novice Buddhist monks living in close contact. Men and boys have been found to be at slightly higher risk of developing tinea capitis because of shorter haircuts, unclean barbers, sharing of combs, and associating with friends with insufficient concern for personal hygiene . These factors may help to explain this tinea capitis outbreak among novice Buddhist monks who had been living in close contact and sharing personal belongings.…”

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Clinical and Laboratory Characteristics of a Tinea Capitis Outbreak Among Novice Buddhist Monks

Bunyaratavej

Leeyaphan

Rujitharanawong

et al. 2017

Pediatric Dermatology

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Sixty novice Buddhist monks with tinea capitis confirmed according to clinical presentation and mycological laboratory finding were included in this study. Mixed-type clinical presentation was observed in approximately half of all cases, together with scarring alopecia (95%) and superficial fungal skin infection at locations other than the scalp (43.3%). The major isolated organism was Trichophyton violaceum, and mixed-organism infection was found in 27 cases (45%). Slow-onset presentation and an extensive area of infection were significantly associated with mixed-type clinical presentation.

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“…Tinea capitis is commonly found in children. An outbreak infection of tinea capitis was reported in young novice Buddhist monks living in close contact . This study presents an analysis of the clinical features and laboratory findings associated with a tinea capitis infection outbreak in young novice Buddhist monks.…”

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Clinical and Laboratory Characteristics of a Tinea Capitis Outbreak Among Novice Buddhist Monks

Bunyaratavej

Leeyaphan

Rujitharanawong

et al. 2017

Pediatric Dermatology

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“…Identification of fungus causing tinea infection up to species level is of importance not only for the epidemiology but also in therapy, when treatment is advised for longer duration. 6 With this background present study was performed to know the clinicomycological profile of clinically suspected cases of tinea infection. The causative dermatophytes in confirmed cases of tinea infection were identified up to species level by conventional technique.…”

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Clinicomycological study of tinea infections in and around Pune

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Background: Tinea is a common fungal infection seen in the tropical and subtropical countries affecting the skin and its appendages. The presentation may vary from mild scaling to severe inflammation with bacterial super infection. It may be confused with other manifestation such as psoriasis, seborrhea, drug eruptions, eczema, and contact dermatitis. Hence correct diagnosis is necessary for appropriate treatment, which will reduce morbidity, discomfort and lessens possibility of transmissions. The aims and objectives were to determine clinicomycological profile of Tinea infections in patients attending dermatology OPD of B. J. Govt. Medical College and Sassoon General Hospital, Pune. Methods: Skin scrapings, nail clippings; hair samples from clinically suspected cases of tinea were collected. Identification of dermatophytes from these samples was done by conventional technique. Results: 119 clinically suspected cases of Tinea infections were processed over a period of one year. Out of these cases mixed infection of Tinea cruris with corporis was the predominant (27.73%) clinical presentation. Among all the samples, fungal filaments were seen by KOH mount in 48 (40.33%) whereas 35 (29.41%) samples were confirmed as dermatophytes by culture. Among these 35 isolates of dermatophytes 20 were T. rubrum, 7 isolates were T. tonsurans. 8 isolates were of T. mentagrophytes. Conclusions: In present study mixed infections of tinea cruris with corporis was the predominant clinical presentation and T. rubrum was the most common dermatophyte isolated.

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“…Ringworm infection affects people of all age groups, but most causative agents circulate among children, from where compromised adults might acquire them [1,2]. Transmission in a household can be by direct person to person contact, or indirectly by sharing of contaminated materials [3,4].…”

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Ringworm Infections in Anambra State of Nigeria: Epidemiologic Features and Antifungal Potentials of Local Plant Remedies

Emele¹,

Ca²

2017

Hair Ther Transplant

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Ringworm infection remains an important public health problem in Nigeria, as in other parts of the world where poor living conditions prevail. The epidemiologic pattern of the disease has not been well defined in Anambra State of Nigeria, hence the need for this study. A total of 51,092 individuals (48,084 children and 3,008 adults) were surveyed for ringworm lesions. The population constituted of primary school children and their contacts. Results showed that of the 51,092 individuals, 5,127 (or 10.04%) had ringworm lesions on their body. Scalp ringworm was more common in children than adults (X 2 =9.8482; P<0.05). Younger children were more frequently affected than older children, who, in turn, were more affected than adults. Although scalp infection was significantly more common in children, ringworm of other body parts did not show significant age (X 2 =0.0297; P>0.05) or gender-related (X 2 =0.0057; P>0.05) pattern. Contact tracing showed that chances of transmitting ringworm infection from a case were higher in the family (38%) than in the school classroom (1.3%), which was higher than in the neighbourhood (0.8%). Transmission within the household was mainly horizontal among children, and occasionally from child to adults. Close and prolonged contacts with ringworm-afflicted individual appeared to enhance transmission. Of plant materials locally used to treat ringworm infections, the inhibitory concentrations against locally isolated dermatophyte fungi were as follows: leaves of Vanda roxburgii (MIC range =1.56-25.00 mg/ml; MIC 90 =25.00 mg/ml), Parkia biglobosa seeds (MIC range =3.13-12.50 mg/ml; MIC 90 =12.50 mg/ml), leaves of Sena alata (MIC range =3.13-12.50 mg/ml; MIC 90 =12.50 mg/ml), leaves of Mitracarpus villosus (MIC range =3.13-25.00 mg/ml; MIC 90 =25.00 mg/ml) and Gmelina arborea fruits (MIC range =6.25-100 mg/ml; MIC 90 =50.00 mg/ml). It could be concluded that tropical plants hold great promise as potential source of antifungal agents and are therefore, recommendable as possible option in the search for newer anti-fungal agents.

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Prevalence of Tinea capitis in school going children from Mathare, informal settlement in Nairobi, Kenya

Cited by 64 publications

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Clinical and Laboratory Characteristics of a Tinea Capitis Outbreak Among Novice Buddhist Monks

Clinical and Laboratory Characteristics of a Tinea Capitis Outbreak Among Novice Buddhist Monks

Clinicomycological study of tinea infections in and around Pune

Ringworm Infections in Anambra State of Nigeria: Epidemiologic Features and Antifungal Potentials of Local Plant Remedies

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